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Taxonomy

*Oecanthus nigricornis*
Oecanthus nigricornis
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Oecanthidae
Subfamily:	Oecanthinae
Tribe:	Oecanthini
Genus:	Oecanthus
Scientific name
	Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869
Geography
Native countries:
	Canada; United States;
Sound
	; Listen to this species on xeno-canto, SINA, and SOI

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File No subspecies recorded for this taxon.

Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Distribution

Biology and ecology

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Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Management

Outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Songs of Insects	Lang Elliott and Will Hershberger			View URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Natural history collections are built by people. The specimens that document this species were collected in the field, preserved in collections, and identified by generations of researchers and naturalists. Bionomia helps make these often-overlooked contributions visible by linking specimen records to the people behind them.

The contributors shown here are drawn from specimen records made available through GBIF and attributed to individuals by Bionomia. Each list shows up to the 20 people with the most specimens for this species, ranked from most to fewest.

Collected by

These people collected specimens of this species in the field, helping build the physical record of where and when it has occurred.

Abbott William Nason — 6 specimens collected
Charles Hart — 6 specimens collected
Jason Hill — 2 specimens collected

Mark Rosenstein — 2 specimens collected
Theodore Henry Frison — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

These people examined specimens and determined their taxonomic identity—an essential step in turning a collected specimen into a useful biodiversity record.

Andrew Cannizzaro — 1 specimen identified

References